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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Peace Project, multicultural groups host CTU activist for discussion of racism, school closings

May 28, 2013

On the heels of last week's controversial Chicago Board of Education vote to shutter 50 public schools across the city, several of Northwestern's social justice and multicultural student groups hosted...

Michael Kerr and his sister Jacquelyn Rowles pose for a photo at the Chicago Air and Water Show last year.

Son of construction worker killed on campus sues general contractor for Northwestern building

May 22, 2013

The 21-year-old son of a construction worker killed last week by a falling beam is suing the general contractor for Northwestern's new Music and Communication Building. Michael Kerr, 57, was hit in...

Indiana construction worker Michael Kerr died today from injuries suffered after a crane knocked a beam from the sixth floor of Northwestern's new Music and Communication Building, currently under construction.

Updated: Lakefront construction worker dies on campus, officials say

May 16, 2013

A construction worker died this morning after he was struck by a falling beam at the lakefront construction site of the new Music and Communication Building, officials said. The 57-year-old man was...

Obama declares Cook County a federal disaster area

May 13, 2013

President Barack Obama on Friday declared Cook County and 10 other Illinois counties as federal disaster areas due to last month’s flooding. Obama announced all of Cook County, including Evanston,...

McCormick sophomore Dmitri Teplov, pictured as a senior in his high school yearbook, died Sunday morning. He was 20 years old.

Updated: McCormick sophomore Dmitri Teplov’s death ruled a suicide

May 6, 2013

The Cook County medical examiner's office has ruled Dmitri Teplov's death a suicide. The McCormick sophomore, 20, was found dead Sunday morning in Pancoe Hall. Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said...

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